156 years on, match to commemorate first in Wales

By HUW S THOMAS

Featured Image credit: Michael Day via Flickr
The first organised game of rugby in Wales between St David’s College, Lampeter and Llandovery College is to be commemorated in the village where the clash took place 156 years ago.
A game between Trinity St David’s College, Lampeter and Llandovery College has been scheduled for Friday December 2 in Caio – a village halfway between the two towns – on the very field at Glanranell Farm where the game was first played in the Principality.
It is widely recognised – and fully endorsed by the WRU – that rugby was introduced into Wale...

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